Bivalvia - Pectinida - Eurydesmatidae
Alternative combination: Eurydesma cordatum mytiloides
Full reference: F. R. C. Reed. 1932. New fossils from the Agglomerate Slate of Kashmir. Palaeontogical Indica, Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India, New Series 20(1):1-79
Belongs to Eurydesma according to B. P. Liu and X. S. Cui 1983
See also Harrington 1955, Reed 1932, Reed 1936, Sahni and Srivastava 1956 and Termier et al. 1974
Sister taxa: Eurydesma alisulcatum, Eurydesma altum, Eurydesma amygdalinum, Eurydesma austini, Eurydesma burnettensis, Eurydesma compressa, Eurydesma cordatum, Eurydesma hobartense, Eurydesma inflatum, Eurydesma manendragarhensis, Eurydesma pertenue, Eurydesma perversum, Eurydesma playfordi, Eurydesma punjabicum, Eurydesma subdepressa, Eurydesma subobliquum, Eurydesma subovatum, Eurydesma subtriangularis, Eurydesma sulcatum
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Afghanistan (1 collection), Argentina (2), China (1), India (3), Namibia (1), Pakistan (1)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
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